bah. now I don't need my (studded tyred) bike to get to work anymore....
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The wisdom of studded tyres
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Posted 3 years ago #
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Thanks @SRD
Posted 3 years ago # -
You could use it for exercise though.
Posted 3 years ago # -
When adding my studded tyres over the weekend I noticed one from the set of four winter marathons I bought from Rose cycles was in fact not a 700c tyre but mysteriously a 700b tyre.
Free to anyone who can utilise it as I was gifted two additional ones by fortunate chance last year.
I normally only do the front tyre on my mountain bike, but the ice at the moment is outrageous, so having two studded tyres on has been pretty useful.
Posted 3 years ago # -
If anyone could use it, I've got one brand new 26x2.0" Marathon Winter which is surplus to requirements (I accidentally ordered the wrong size by mistake). I pitched it on the local FB group for £20 but no interest.
Posted 3 years ago # -
700b free to anyone who can utilise it as I was gifted two additional ones by fortunate chance last year.
The 700×38b Marathon Winter is 40-635mm, so rim size is up from 700c, and it's equivalent to 28×1½, which is what Pashley uses on the Roadster and larger framed traditional bikes, for example.
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Cheers @Arellcat, I should have added that detail, it took a bit of head scratching & googling to figure out what the heck it was at the weekend. Apparently still the standard on dutch-style roadsters. It looks about the same bead size, so I never noticed when it arrived that it was so different to the other 3 tyres, just that it was a smaller width on side wall part. Why can't every bike standard die out apart from: 5mm hex keys, brompton and 700c wheels? Life would be so much simpler..
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Went for a toddle round the reservoirs today. The bike was shod with Marathon Winters, I was shod with trail shoes. The track round the reservoirs is a sheet of knobbly ice, covered with water. I was doing fine until an off-camber bit caused the back to kick out and I had to put a foot down. There then followed a delicate pause while I realised that if I moved my foot (which had no grip whatsoever) I was going to go over. Restarting was...interesting. Genuinely a case of being able to cycle where I couldn't walk.
Posted 3 years ago # -
@greenroofer, glad you stayed upright. The same surface on WoL path. And Lymphoy. All the snow that was providing traction has gone. Just the curling rink left.
Posted 3 years ago # -
@gembo @greenroofer sounds like you need some Vittoria Rubino Pro Endurance IV G2.0 Road tyres
Posted 3 years ago # -
I do need one for the back @cocoshepherd as the sidewall on the black chilli has ruptured. Not quite sure how an am getting away with it, think it is the Kevlar.
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I am sorry for your loss @gerbil that's an autocorrect correction and I'm leaving it in
Posted 3 years ago # -
@CocoShepherd - there's no problem with the tyres, what I needed was studs on my shoes (which I had left at home...)
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